M.2 drive backplanes
Use the section to understand the cable routing for the M.2 drive backplanes.
Power cable routing
Figure 1. Power cable routing


From | To |
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1 Power connector on the M.2 drive backplane | M.2 power connector on the system board assembly |
Signal cable routing
The M.2 drive backplane supports either SATA cable connection or NVMe cable connection.
Figure 2. SATA cable routing ![]() | Figure 3. NVMe cable routing Note The following illustration shows four NVMe cable connection options, but the four options are mutually exclusive. Select one of them based on your scenario. ![]() | ||
From | To | From | To |
1 Signal connector on the M.2 drive backplane | M.2/7mm backplane signal connector on the system board assembly | Signal connector on the M.2 drive backplane | 1 PCIe 1 |
2 PCIe 3 (one CPU installed) | |||
3 PCIe 8 | |||
4 PCIe 10 |